Table 3.

Serum levels of 8-isoprostane in both study groups at baseline and after 8 weeks

8-isoprostane serum levels	Lycopene group (n = 10)	Corticosteroids group (n = 10)	Mann–Whitney U p value
	Mean ± SD Median (IQR)
Baseline	96.21 ± 35.06 101.90 (60.80, 114.68)	108.73 ± 46.11 95.35 (62.05, 162.00)	p = 0.63
Week 8	59.94 ± 4.04 58.35 (57.65, 60.48)	93.65 ± 38.74 78.90 (62.40, 120.80)	p < 0.001*
Paired t-test p value	p = 0.01*	p = 0.45

SD, standard deviation; IQR, inter quartile range; n number of patients

*Statistically significant at p value < 0.05